France vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- France
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
How they compare
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 761.00 million against 77.53 million in France, a difference of 683.47 million.
That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 9.8 times France's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
France ranks 26th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 29th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 32,502 | 1,139 | 31,363 | France |
| 1990s | 4.48 million | 506,973 | 3.97 million | France |
| 2000s | 46.19 million | 84.59 million | 38.41 million | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) |
| 2010s | 65.43 million | 350.98 million | 285.55 million | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) |
| 2020s | 75.61 million | 671.25 million | 595.64 million | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, France or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 761.00 million against 77.53 million in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between France and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- 683.47 million, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do France and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- France ranks 26th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 29th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.